Single Idea 21781

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights]

Full Idea

The absolute right is the right to have rights.

Gist of Idea

The absolute right is the right to have rights

Source

Georg W.F.Hegel (Lectures on the Philosophy of Right [1819], p.127), quoted by Stephen Houlgate - An Introduction to Hegel 08 'Rights'

Book Reference

Houlgate,Stephen: 'An Introduction to Hegel' [Blackwell 2005], p.186


A Reaction

What a beautifully succinct and important idea! Does a foetus, or a dog, or a person in a vegetative state, or a slave, qualify?

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Idea 21065 You can't make a contract renouncing your right to make contracts! [Kant]